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Soho Cinders

Soho Cinders

Open Date: 24 Oct 19 to 11 Jan 20

Soho Cinders When impoverished student Robbie becomes romantically involved with engaged London Mayoral candidate James Prince, his lap-dancing step-sisters become the least of his problems! James and Robbie's worlds collide, forcing them to fight for their own fairy-tale ending. Celebrating London's most colourful district and mixing politics, se...

Queen of the Mist

Queen of the Mist

Open Date: 19 Aug 19 to 5 Oct 19

Queen of the Mist This musical is based on the astounding and outrageous true story of Annie Edson Taylor, who set out to be the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel of her own design. With a soaring score that incorporates turn of the century themes with LaChiusa’s signature complexity and insight, Queen of the Mist is th...

Amour

Amour

Open Date: 2 May 19 to 8 Jun 19

Amour Paris, 1950 – a shy, unassuming civil servant, Dusoleil, lives alone and works diligently in a dreary office. To pass the time, he writes letters to his mother and daydreams about the beautiful Isabelle, who is kept locked away by her controlling husband. When Dusoleil miraculously gains the ability to walk through walls, he not only begins ...

Violet

Violet

Open Date: 14 Jan 19 to 6 Apr 19

Violet 1964. Somewhere between North Carolina and Oklahoma, we find Violet, a young woman who was facially disfigured as a child. She hopes her life savings will bring her a miracle halfway across the country. Reflecting on her childhood, and shaped by the reactions of the people she encounters, Violet embarks on a life-changing personal journey. ...

Mythic

Mythic

Open Date: 1 Oct 18 to 15 Dec 18

Mythic The relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter can be sheer Hell - especially if that daughter is a Greek goddess with a tastefor the Underworld. Mythic, a new pop musical by Marcus Stevens (Book and Lyrics) and Oran Eldor (Music), turns the ancient Greek story of Persephone on itshead, with the gods as chart-topping rock stars...

It Happened in Key West

It Happened in Key West

Open Date: 5 Jul 18 to 18 Aug 18

It Happened in Key West It Happened in Key West is the true 1930's story of an x-ray technician who meets the girl he has been envisioning and desperately seeking since he was a teen, only to diagnose her with tuberculosis and learn that she is married. How can he win over the woman he has sought all his life and save her from a certain death?Wha...

The Woman in White

The Woman in White

Open Date: 20 Nov 17 to 10 Feb 18

The Woman in White A tempestuous tale of love, betrayal and greed, adapted from Wilkie Collins’ haunting Victorian thriller, this is the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Zippel’s revised score of the Tony and Olivier-Award nominated musical, The Woman in White. Walter Hartright’s life is changed forever after a chance encounter with a my...

YANK! A WWII Love Story

YANK! A WWII Love Story

Open Date: 3 Jul 17 to 19 Aug 17

YANK! A WWII Love Story In 1943, young Mid-Westerner Stu serves in the army as a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal ‘for and by servicemen’. Following the men in Charlie Company, YANK! the musical explores what it means to be a man and fall in love… and struggle to survive in a time and place where the odds are stacked against you. Based...

The Braille Legacy

The Braille Legacy

Open Date: 10 Apr 17 to 24 Jun 17

THE BRAILLE LEGACY THE BRAILLE LEGACY is the story of a revolution and an heroic fight for independence, with the themes of difference, freedom, hope and love and the triumph of human values over adversity. In Paris in the 19th century, blind people were victims of profound discrimination. Louis Braille, a bright young mind with a mad dream, arr...

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday

Open Date: 16 Jan 17 to 4 Mar 17

DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY In Northern Italy, shortly after World War One, Death disguises himself as a handsome young prince to try to understand why life is so precious and death so feared. But when he unexpectedly falls in love with a newly engaged young woman, this mysterious stranger discovers that love may in fact be stronger than death. With a ...

Ragtime

Ragtime

Open Date: 8 Oct 16 to 10 Dec 16

RAGTIME It is the turn of the 20th Century in New York. An era is exploding. A century is spinning. And the people are moving in rhythm and rhyme to the music of Ragtime. Based on the novel by E.L Doctorow, Ragtime weaves together the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr, a Harlem musician; Mother and her white, mid...

Radio Times

Radio Times

Open Date: 20 Aug 16 to 1 Oct 16

In the heart of London’s Blitz-torn West End, the cast of BBC’s light-entertainment radio show, Variety Bandwagon are doing their bit for the war effort. But with the bombs falling outside, can star of the show, Sammy Shaw, hang on to his leading lady and broadcast live to America for the very first time? Chock-full of quick-fire gags, side-splitt...

Titanic

Titanic

Open Date: 28 May 16 to 13 Aug 16

Titanic The thrilling London premiere of the Broadway musical Titanic became one of the hottest must-see shows, winning  a clutch of Best Musical awards, four and 5 star rave reviews across the board and and it was Critics Choice in many national newspapers. Now the multi award-winning production, first seen in 2013 at Southwark Playhouse, is com...

The Tinderbox

The Tinderbox

Open Date: 12 Dec 15 to 3 Jan 16

A new version of Hans Christian Andersen's famous folk tale, The Tinderbox promises to delight young audiences and their families at the Charing Cross Theatre this Christmas  Based on a Scandinavian folk tale Andersen learned in his childhood, join our loveable cheeky hero, Brian the Brave, a penniless solider returning from war who acquires a mag...

Dusty

Dusty

Open Date: 25 May 15 to 21 Nov 15

Dusty Springfield was the leading female British pop singer of the Sixties and she continues to be an inspiration for many British artists, often being the benchmark by which they are judged. Her popularity endures, by the regularity with which her music continues to be heard on radio, television and in film today. Dusty’s death in 1999 brought abo...

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